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and receiving, find he has a strong useful stake 

 in his favour, as well as in favour of the stable. 

 It is very well known, that the word '^stable" 

 is applied to a building erected for the purpose 

 of keeping horses in; but, in the present in- 

 stance, as that of a balance being in favour of 

 the stable, it alludes principally to the people 

 who are in the secret of what the horses in a 

 racing stable can do, (which, of course, the mas- 

 ter ought to be in every department of it), as the 

 private training groom, the private jockey, the 

 head lad, and perhaps one or two of the best 

 riding boys; should these people have kept 

 faithfully and honestly the secrets of what their 

 master's horses may be equal to doing, their 

 master should liberally reward them for their 

 integrity, by letting them stand their money to 

 a certain extent in his own book; and further, if 

 a master finds, in the settling of his book, that he 

 has won a good stake, as from five to ten or 

 fifteen thousand pounds, and that he is fully 

 aware that his good success has been occasioned 

 as much, or perhaps more, by the good manage- 

 ment and secrecy of his people than from his 

 own good judgment, he should, in addition to 

 allowing his people to stand their money with 

 him, give to each of them, according to the class 



